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  2. grammar - How do you call..? vs. What do you call...? - English...

    english.stackexchange.com/questions/324568/how-do-you-call-vs-what-do-you-

    But language usage 'rightness' is constantly changing and it seems likely that 'How do you call that' (rather than 'What do you call that' ) will become used more and more. Share Improve this answer

  3. "Call on" or "call at" or something else? Which is appropriate?

    english.stackexchange.com/questions/51037

    Call me on my cell phone. Call me on the walkie-talkie. "At" refers to the destination: Call me at home. (Using my home phone number.) Call me at 800-555-1212. (The number serves as a target or destination.) Of course, "on" and "at" can also have time-based meanings, but that doesn't seem to be what you're asking about.

  4. What's the term for the left hand side of a comparison operation?

    english.stackexchange.com/questions/392587/whats-the-term-for-the-left-hand...

    One of the expressions (the left-hand expression, for example) could call a function that would modify a variable included in and affecting the evaluation of the other expression, making the order of evaluation an important issue (this is true of other arithmetic operations too: see Word for the number being added-to OR subtracted-from another ...

  5. "Lunch" vs. "dinner" vs. "supper" — times and meanings?

    english.stackexchange.com/questions/22446

    It makes sense because "dinner" is what you call it when you make an effort, whereas a sandwich in a box is merely "lunch". But it's important to be aware of the inconsistencies. Some people who typically call their midday meal "dinner" would, on a day when they have a light midday meal, call it "lunch" and call their evening meal "dinner".

  6. Two very well established examples I can think of are: Guesstimate (i.e. Guess + Estimate) Chillax (i.e. Chill + Relax) I guess I am meaning the process where two words are artificially combined ...

  7. How to read exponential expressions, e.g., "2^16"?

    english.stackexchange.com/questions/74169

    How do you say the mathematical function in English: x^y (or x y) For example, how do you say . 2^16 (or 2 16) I know ^ means 'power' or 'exponentiate', but that is the name of the operation, not how you pronounce its use. If y = 2, it is 'x squared', y=3 then 'x cubed'. What if y is some other arbitrary number?

  8. phrase requests - More professional word for "day to day task ...

    english.stackexchange.com/questions/236805/more-professional-word-for-day-to...

    I’m looking for a more professional term or phrase to describe “day to day task” or a task that is very common for a particular role of work.

  9. auxiliary verbs - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    english.stackexchange.com/questions/1200

    Am, Is, Are, Was, Were, Be, Being, Been What are the above words called? I think someone called them auxiliary verbs. Edit: When I learned them, my curriculum called them "State of Being verbs" o...

  10. What is a one word synonym for "Not Yet Started"

    english.stackexchange.com/questions/277713

    1. Merriam's full definition of pending is "while awaiting <pending approval>". This seems to me to be referring to something that has already been started, completed, and is only awaiting confirmation. – Ben. Oct 4, 2015 at 1:06. 1. That's only one example. Something "pending" could be awaiting anything, not just approval.

  11. You need to either use a negative verb ("cannot"), or use neither/nor.Using the two together, like what that editor did to your post in TeX, is incorrect.